The State Administration of Cultural Heritage(SACH) is one of the department of the State Council, aimed to protect, utilize and manage the cultural heritage of China. Digital and network technologies had been used in cultural heritage management since 1991. We are carrying out cultural heritage information construction, gradually realize the digitisation of cultural heritage resources and the networking of industrial management and make use of internet to collect and propagate accurate, authoritative and abundance information about cultural heritage is an important guarantee for us to enhance the overall strength of cultural heritage.
The SACH has established a governmental website (http://www.sach.gov.cn) for releasing information about cultural heritage in 1998, and has started the construction of some databases about cultural heritage protection and management projects. Our major task is to formulate, improve, promulgate and implement the standard of cultural heritage information, thereby laying a foundation for realizing interconnection and information share in China.
Key words: Cultural Heritage, Management, China